Group portrait of No. 3 Platoon of a company of the 45th Battalion, taken at Hastière. Identified ...

Accession Number P05718.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium: Wallonie, Namur, Hastiere
Date made c 1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of No. 3 Platoon of a company of the 45th Battalion, taken at Hastière. Identified is 6867 Private (Pte) George Ross, identified in the second row, third from the right. The soldier in the second row, fourth from left is described as "my little football pal" and in the front row the sergeant second from left is described as "a VC hero".